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The Persistence of Self-Employment Across Borders: New Evidence on Legal Immigrants to the United States
Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; Akee, Randall K. Q.; Jaeger, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Using recently-available data from the New Immigrant Survey, we find that previous selfemployment experience in an immigrant’s country of origin is an important determinant of their self-employment status in the U.S., increasing the probability of being self-employed by about 7 percent. Our...
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Self-Employment in China: Are Rural Migrant Workers and Urban Residents Alike?
Cui, Yuling; Nahm, Daehoon; Tani, Massimiliano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper studies differences in the motivation to be self-employed between rural migrants and urban residents in modern China. Estimates of the wage differential between self-employment and paid-employment obtained through a three-stage methodology using the 2002 China Household Income Project...
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Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States
Autor, David H.; Kerr, William R.; Kugler, Adriana D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distorting production choices. Firms facing (non-Coasean) worker dismissal costs will curtail hiring below efficient levels and retain unproductive workers, both of which should affect productivity. These theoretical...
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What Is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research
Praag, Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … group’? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals’ utility levels …
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By Choice and by Necessity: Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in the Developing World
Margolis, David N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Over half of all workers in the developing world are self-employed. Although some self-employment is chosen by entrepreneurs with well-defined projects and ambitions, roughly two thirds results from individuals having no better alternatives. The importance of self-employment in the overall...
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A Tale of Minorities: Evidence on Religious Ethics and Entrepreneurship from Swiss Census Data
Nunziata, Luca; Rocco, Lorenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
significantly higher propensity for entrepreneurship. The estimated difference ranges between 2.3 and 4.4 percentage points. Our …
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On Defining and Measuring the Informal Sector
Henley, Andrew; Arabsheibani, G. Reza; Carneiro, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
A range of alternative empirical definitions of informal activity have been employed in the literature. Choice of definition is often dictated by data availability. Different definitions may imply very different conceptual understandings of informality. This paper investigates the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763755
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The Self-Employment of Immigrants and Natives in Sweden
Ohlsson, Henrik; Broomé, Per; Bevelander, Pieter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Earlier studies on entrepreneurship and self-employment among immigrants call attention to the fact that also the …
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Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are … immigrant entrepreneurs' contributions to the economy, entrepreneurship differences across groups and group differences in …
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What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does It Pay? Native Men, Turks, and Other Migrants in Germany
Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition, and the self-employed Turks in Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs...
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